India defeat England by 3 wickets in the 1st ODI

[FlickedOffHips]

Hardik!! Shot!

 

[Pollack]

how about his keeping, have a good stumping today, had Roy stayed bit longer they may even crossed 400 today.

Dhoni should be criticised when he does not do good.Unfortunately there are thousand excuses made like see his running betweenthe wicket ,see his once in a blue moon six, see his stumping etc etc. I know we don't have better keepers than dhoni but its OK if we experiment with rookie keeper who is a good batsman and most importantly long term investment player.

 

[Justcrazy]

27 from 31 balls

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Why is Pandya so skinny

 

[JaDed]

he's in Delhi Daredevils, right?

Yup terrible keeper though(atleast when in U-19 WC) but lets see.

 

[Justcrazy]

26 from 30 balls , its a walk in park, unless Poms get wickets.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

26 off 30. Doable but need a couple of boundaries first. The pressure to take singles might affect Ash as he's not quick between wickets.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

pandya, played.4

 

[FlickedOffHips]

ashwin edging like his name is hafeez

 

[Nikhil_cric]

22 off 28 now.

 

[Justcrazy]

That seals the game

 

[speedking]

Jaddu once again showing that he is a useless batsman. Deserves to play below ashwin.

I still wonder how he got that 300 in domestic

 

[FlickedOffHips]

I still wonder how he got that 300 in domestic

3 triple hundres... YES.

 

[Sidilicious]

26 off 30. Doable but need a couple of boundaries first. The pressure to take singles might affect Ash as he's not quick between wickets.

Nah. Pandya can smash the ball. If we can take it to the last over with 10 required, Pandya can score the runs. We just need these 2 to hang around till the end.

 

[Pollack]

Yup terrible keeper though(atleast when in U-19 WC) but lets see.

Pant is not a terrible keeper. He is average though like dhoni was when came into the side.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Nah. Pandya can smash the ball. If we can take it to the last over with 10 required, Pandya can score the runs. We just need these 2 to hang around till the end.

Well now its only 17 off 24. That can be comfortably done unless they do a BD.

 

[JaDed]

I still wonder how he got that 300 in domestic

Ranji is like the world cup of cricket till it reaches KO stages the teams aren't that great to brag about or face,his only decent triple was against Gujarat mind u not a similar team like the one that won the Ranji.

 

[Justcrazy]

17 from 23 balls.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

hp looking calm now

 

[JaDed]

Pant is not a terrible keeper. He is average though like dhoni was when came into the side.

He is pretty bad but improved since U-19,Dhoni's reflexes were better than average keeper(Indian).

 

[FlickedOffHips]

I've been too harsh on hp. he showed incredible poise in that last over against BAN. so he obviously has grit. just showed some nerves today.

 

[Ankit007]

15 off 22 needed. Can we do it? Yes we can but still it seems we will somehow bottle it.

 

[Sidilicious]

Well now its only 17 off 24. That can be comfortably done unless they do a BD.

Yeah. With Pandya and Jadeja (as he showed) its always a possibility.

 

[JaDed]

Well now its only 17 off 24. That can be comfortably done unless they do a BD.

Its amusing to see BD being used as a verb

 

[FlickedOffHips]

if we win this, series is a whitewash.

 

[Sidilicious]

Its amusing to see BD being used as a verb

Wasn't the verb 'Mushfiq'ing' or 'Mushfiqur'ing

 

[JaDed]

Wasn't the verb 'Mushfiq'ing' or 'Mushfiqur'ing

Its BDING it as Riad had a large role to play in it.

 

[Justcrazy]

12 from 18 balls.

 

[Stallion__]

Too late for Rashid. Should have brought him few overs earlier.

 

[JattMaula]

I've been too harsh on hp. he showed incredible poise in that last over against BAN. so he obviously has grit. just showed some nerves today.

I told you!

 

[Slog]

What a performance

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Its amusing to see BD being used as a verb

BD has become synonymous with 'choke' after what they did in Blore last year.

 

[Sidilicious]

Its BDING it as Riad had a large role to play in it.

yeah, but it was Mushfiqur who was jumping like a clown after the 2nd ball.

I actually felt sorry for Riad.

 

[gani999]

Horrible selection for this match by having Jadhav for Manish and Umesh over Bhuvi.

Big King Kong eating his words now. Want fries with that?

 

[Ankit007]

Not out yeah.......

 

[JaDed]

yeah, but it was Mushfiqur who was jumping like a clown after the 2nd ball.

I actually felt sorry for Riad.

True same here ,I like Riad has been having a terrible time since then. Mushi though has improved.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

HP- you made up for all your sins

 

[speedking]

Ranji is like the world cup of cricket till it reaches KO stages the teams aren't that great to brag about or face,his only decent triple was against Gujarat mind u not a similar team like the one that won the Ranji.

I actually has zero interest in our domestic cricket because watching the trundlers bowling at 118kph and ATG Vinay Kumar picking heaps of wicket pains my head

 

[Smbhayi]

Dhoni should be criticised when he does not do good.Unfortunately there are thousand excuses made like see his running betweenthe wicket ,see his once in a blue moon six, see his stumping etc etc. I know we don't have better keepers than dhoni but its OK if we experiment with rookie keeper who is a good batsman and most importantly long term investment player.

there's India A matches for experiment. if they're doing well there they'll get their chance. don't need to throw them straight to intl games.

 

[JaDed]

This is what i don't like about Pandya "heropanti" shot this was.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

What a performance

Our bowling was atrocious to be honest. England just happened to be worse.

 

[Ankit007]

[MENTION=129948]Bilal7[/MENTION] what you have to say now Mr.. we win..... Woo hoo

 

[JaDed]

Ok that looked easy :/ ASh finishing it with a everyone making a statement Dhoni didn't do anything spl??

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin

 

[joly]

Not a good show by India's standards,but home ODIS have been tricky so I will take it and so we will India, proud for pandya and kedar

 

[Nikhil_cric]

What a garbage performance by England . Made us look better than we actually are.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

Ok that looked easy :/ ASh finishing it with a everyone making a statement Dhoni didn't do anything spl??

transition of captaincy complete.

 

[Justcrazy]

India go 1 - 0 up in the series.

 

[Sidilicious]

This is what i don't like about Pandya "heropanti" shot this was.

Same here. Could have done a Mushfiqur/BD

 

[joly]

Our bowling was atrocious to be honest. England just happened to be worse.

No any bowling team would have given 370 odd here, India did better than most teams would do ,the batsmen should have chased it within 45 overs and almost lost it

 

[Justcrazy]

What a garbage performance by England . Made us look better than we actually are.

I do not agree , India played really well here , Kohli is probably the best of this era.

 

[Stark]

Good to see the first game of the series + Kohli's first game as ODI captain being bagged by the team.


Jadhav shd be the man of the match imo.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

No any bowling team would have given 370 odd here, India did better than most teams would do ,the batsmen should have chased it within 45 overs and almost lost it

Starc/Hazlewood/Pattinson/Faulkner would not have conceded anything close to that. You are overrating our bowling.

 

[King Kong]

Good to see the first game of the series + Kohli's first game as ODI captain being bagged by the team.


Jadhav shd be the man of the match imo.

He had already captained India for a series against Sri Lanka. India won that series 5-0.

 

[Sidilicious]

I do not agree , India played really well here , Kohli is probably the best of this era.

Ashwin and Umesh's bowling and the openers were atrocious.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

Nobody does run-chases like India. Nobody.

 

[gani999]

What a garbage performance by England . Made us look better than we actually are.

Rubbish mate. They did score a 350 after losing the toss. It was the bowling that did them in. Even so, they did have India on the mat at 63 for 4. It wasn't a bad performance by any standard.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Large credit goes to Kohli for infusing this chasing culture into the Indian side. After a bit of brainless batting, Pandya gathered his thoughts and played sensibly. Brilliant surface. Not many team can pull this off without nerves. But in this T20 era it is not a total shock or surprise India pulled this off.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

Large credit goes to Kohli for infusing this chasing culture into the Indian side. After a bit of brainless batting, Pandya gathered his thoughts and played sensibly. Brilliant surface. Not many team can pull this off without nerves. But in this T20 era it is not a total shock or surprise India pulled this off.

well said.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Ashwin and Umesh's bowling and the openers were atrocious.

Yep. Top order looks incredibly weak apart from Kohli.

 

[Ankit007]

Nobody does run-chases like India. Nobody.

True.... Best in business...

 

[Stark]

He had already captained India for a series against Sri Lanka. India won that series 5-0.

Yaar yeh official coronation ke baad wali series hai.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

4/5 batters fail at the top and they still chase 350 easily. Incredible.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rubbish mate. They did score a 350 after losing the toss. It was the bowling that did them in. Even so, they did have India on the mat at 63 for 4. It wasn't a bad performance by any standard.

I was talking about their bowling. England are probably the most dynamic batting unit going around but their bowling has been utterly exposed here.

 

[Saurav]

Incredible chase from 60/4

Jadhav biggest find.Pandya did okay

Kohli as always tremendous with bat.Not too impressed with his captaincy today but will get better

 

[joly]

Starc/Hazlewood/Pattinson/Faulkner would not have conceded anything close to that. You are overrating our bowling.

Lol they would have conceded more than 380 anyday,refer the AUS series last time

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Lol they would have conceded more than 380 anyday,refer the AUS series last time

Starc/Hazlewood/Pattinson played in the ODI series last time?

 

[JaDed]

Lol they would have conceded more than 380 anyday,refer the AUS series last time

They weren't in that ,and no they would had choked us here,terrible bowling performance by English here.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I was talking about their bowling. England are probably the most dynamic batting unit going around but their bowling has been utterly exposed here.

Won't be hard on them. Some of the shots they played were out of the world. One straight batted six over long on against short ball is a testimony to that. Probably strategy could have been different. But you are bowling to a batsman who is toying with bowling. They packed the off side and tried to bowl outside the off he walked across and played towards midwicket. It was skillful batting .

 

[Sidilicious]

I wonder whether India would have been able to defend a 350 here?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Starc/Hazlewood/Pattinson played in the ODI series last time?

Dhawan would have fired against Australia lol He likes their bowling in the one dayers.

 

[Smbhayi]

He had already captained India for a series against Sri Lanka. India won that series 5-0.

he meant full time captain. otherwise he already leaded in Asia Cup, Vs Zimbabwe etc I guess

 

[Pollack]

I wonder whether India would have been able to defend a 350 here?

No.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I wonder whether India would have been able to defend a 350 here?

Very tough to defend . Small ground. Lightning quick outfield. Under lights. Very hard.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

How is Jayant for LOIs.Need him or Kuldeep to fire.Basically someone to bring it in to RHBs

Jayant is not a wicket taker in LOI.

Kuldeep is the man.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Won't be hard on them. Some of the shots they played were out of the world. One straight batted six over long on against short ball is a testimony to that. Probably strategy could have been different. But you are bowling to a batsman who is toying with bowling. They packed the off side and tried to bowl outside the off he walked across and played towards midwicket. It was skillful batting .

Kohli is one guy but when you let a random guy(Jadhav) cart you around merrily your bowling is pretty useless. Especially when you consider that England are considered to produce good bowlers.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Woohooo we won.

Wooohooooooooooooooooo

 

[Ankit007]

I wonder whether India would have been able to defend a 350 here?

We wouldn't have made 350 in 1st innings

 

[Ankit007]

Woohooo we won.

Wooohooooooooooooooooo

Oh you woke up... Lol... Yes we won... Congrats buddy

 

[Sidilicious]

Jayant is not a wicket taker in LOI.

Kuldeep is the man.

Could we play Kuldeep and Ash in the same XI?

Or too much similarity - as in both bring the ball in to the right handers.